
Tetsugen Tom Baker is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-Roshi. He was ordained by Shinki Mark Lancaster at Dragon’s Leap Temple in 2017. He practices in the “Marketplace Priest” tradition, focusing on aging and palliative/end-of-life care. Long active in the Meditation in Recovery group, he was a founder of the off-shoot monthly Zen Men in 2015.